latest news in the week's top stories egypt's new constitution enshrining islamic law looks set to pass as most voters seemingly back the draft in a referendum preceded by weeks of fierce protests. the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun lobby logic and senses millions of americans calling for stricter controls as the country pays final tributes to the infants and teachers killed in last week's shooting massacre. and eye for an eye in moscow moves a step closer to banning americans from adopting russian children in response to

washington slapping sanctions on russian officials and. no government will be left unscathed that's what julian assange promises as wiki leaks is set to release a million new secret files twenty thirteen. seven am in moscow i met treasure bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r.t.e. egypt's new constitution constitution appears to have passed and a historic vote winning the majority of popular support according to un official tallies the referendum on the islam as a back draft has led to deep divisions though within the country and sparked violent protests cairo based journalist bel true has more. the preliminary results

are in for egypt's contentious constitutional referendum egypt appears to have voted for the constitution sixty four percent yes. thirty six percent have said no this comes after mass dissent in the streets across the country with the cost three weeks against this constitution opposition forces say force a presidential dictatorship and was drafted by an islamist dominated assembly of the twenty seven governors that went to vote in the last week only three voted against the constitution. this in the last round is largely due to the fact that in the last seventeen governments that went to vote a large amount of them are rural governorates large muslim brotherhood supports places the opposition forces for their part to say that the reason it is a yes is because of electoral violations they say they've seen a number of instances of power possible vote rigging including missing judges and

so on supervised polling stations missing ballot papers stuffed ballot boxes and also campaigning by the mr brotherhood groups also ultra conservative salafist groups with in the polling stations telling people to vote yes the biggest news of the day however is the resignation of the vice president mohamed mickey this is largely seen to be perhaps because in the draft constitution as it currently stands there is no post for the vice president this comes in the background of deepening violence across the country on friday we saw clashes between rival protest groups limits rallies in egypt second city xandra in support of the constitution there was rock throwing and also burning of cars the police had to intervene with tear gas that comes just one week after similar clashes and xandra and of course three weeks after very bloody scenes here in the capital cairo we saw ten people die when

robert. he says streets and fog outside the presidential palace with a deepening political crisis and one to sign backing down now the constitution is likely to be put in place we can only expect dissent on the streets and possible violence across the country. earlier we spoke with a representative of egypt's opposition for their reaction to the referendum made how are you from our daughter believes that allegations of vote rigging must be investigated this constitution and this around is is a disgrace to a nation that far hard for its freedom and for its rights it's a document that grips rigs out all the for all the rights that we've earned and it's right to constitute a dictatorship and it has been taught by a referendum that was a massive massive rigging for the ballot boxes massive rigging for the voice of the people physically see tens and hundreds of schools tens and hundreds of schools where the ballot boxes and the referendum process was taking place at

a convenient time when when the voices were very all the full saw that the people were voting no the power was cut off the most about the night if movie asked judges and employees and that's cool shuts down the school over. in the front of the voters and say with the ballot boxes not overseas for hours and hours we are not recognise any results unless we see a proper investigation and a proper digging through these evidence that we've put and we receive a proper answer from the high committee of the election. syrian rebels say a government airstrike has killed dozens of people waiting in line at a bakery in the hama province as with many previous accusations claims by the opposition come during a major international push to resolve the conflict this time the visit of the u.n. envoy to damascus meanwhile russia's foreign minister denied claims moscow has plans to offer refuge to president assad sergey lavrov also said toppling the

current regime won't stop the bloodshed in the country r.t.s. spoke exclusively with lab robb who said there are many forces in syria using tactics banned under international law. groups of the opposition which several which we shall not united on this single come month the whole series of acceptable methods salute the current through to international human if they're in law. they can cause to just. the stage and there is the tax and that is very disheartening that western clothes in the security council start to refuse. and then mean terrorist attacks in syria saying that yes there is missing. but you must they conclude the overall context of what is going on in syria and why people the result that there was that this it's

absolutely unacceptable and this logic we will mike leave us if we fall of this logic might lead us through a very dangerous situation not only in the middle east but in other parts of the world. and the west would start would begin to. qualify terrorist as. bad terrorist and acceptable terrorists. out from afghanistan into the persian gulf britain planning a military boost in the oil rich area later this hour we'll look at what's at stake and what's at stake for the u.k. in the gulf and where this new build up could lead plus no end in sight for europe's troubles thousands of greeks and spaniards again take to the streets in protest against suffocating austerity. but first it's been a heartbreaking week of farewells in newtown connecticut where all twenty children six adults have been laid to rest this after one of the worst mass shootings in

u.s. history the massacre reignited fierce debate on gun laws critics say current legislation makes it too easy for the public to buy military grade weapons. and has more from washington. a week after the tragedy at the elementary school in newtown president obama made the same pledge as when he became president four years ago to try and get assault weapons off the streets of the u.s. it's a pledge he has failed to deliver on this is not the first issue the first incident going back of your four years. but the administration indicates this time it's different this time they're serious it will take commitment and compromise. the most volatile take coach shooting is full and it's a school and it's an important part of our spirit the debate taking place at the moment suggests a national consensus on the issue is far down the line and the dialogue between those who support and those who oppose such

a ban comes down to this with guns come safety if the guns are in the hands of the good guys if you not believe the stupid man on the powerful special interest group in washington the national rifle association has successfully fought any form of gun control legislation for years and the solution they offer he actually does because gun violence that has plagued us is more guns. the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. constitutional lawyer roger pilon things along the same lines and suggest arming teachers to prevent massacres like the one in newtown connecticut you're always going to have people who are going to be doing these kinds of evil deeds what you need to do is protect yourself against the weapons in schools and you go to a movie theater you have to carry a gun because there will be there maybe someone with

a semiautomatic you know wiping out the entire theater. as we have seen is that what you're suggesting. where do you put it provocatively like that what i'm suggesting people movie theater massacre is the police cannot be everywhere there are almost three hundred million privately owned farms in the u.s. around ten thousand americans die in gun violence every year the gun murder rate in the u.s. is almost twenty times higher than in the next twenty two richest and most populous nations combined. we have three hundred million guns in america but also the population of three hundred million people so it's one gun per person and more guns are actually the solution to deterring shootings of any trial and it would have this problem in the first place the gun adam lanza used to kill twenty young children and six adults at the sandy hook elementary school was an a r fifteen

semiautomatic rifle it's a military style rifle that can shoot hundreds of rounds at a record speed it belongs to adams mother who he also murdered nancy lanza a teacher at the same elementary school owned six guns numerous types of assault weapons are readily available for purchase in the u.s. at gun stores at gun shows and online after the newtown tragedy many americans are calling for change again. make it inherently make it worth something. because you can't create change previous meaningful attempts to change a wall and that wall is the second amendment of the constitution the right of the people to bear arms skeptics say the most the administration can do is require background checks at gun shows but again adam lanza's mother a teacher at an elementary school would have probably passed any of those checks and her military style rifle would have ended up in the hands of her son anyway that constitutional lawyer i spoke to seemed very certain that nothing major is

going to change when it comes to gun laws in america does that mean more massacres like the tragedy in newtown in washington i'm going to check on you at our tea dot com we're asking what you think can be done to reduce the number of gun fatalities in the u.s. here's how the vote stacks up so far thirty six percent think the media should be restrained from overhyping massacres slightly fewer say nothing could be done while the second amendment is in place about a fifth of respondents are calling for harsh new gun laws and restrictions ten percent propose increasing security in public places have your say. wiki leaks chief julian assange says about a million secret files are to be released over the next year he claims information will leave a single country unscathed songe made the pledge during a christmas address to supporters gathered outside of the ecuadorian embassy in london the speech marked six months since the whistleblower entered the mission

seeking political asylum to avoid extradition he's been there ever since facing immediate arrest if he sets foot outside kristin rossum center from wiki leaks and says assad his predicament won't stop the site from its drive for truth and transparency. investigation and secret grand jury you know something there is. to find an angle to bring charges against. julian and possibly all those working for weeklies is a very serious matter of course very shameful for the obama administration not to stop that for the man who was right even though jay did four years ago to increase transparency and what we have seen is. the opposite. against whistleblowers. that it has no business in history it will continue it were as we have done despite the difficult situation that you as been in the ecuadorian

embassy you know for six months but problems with your house arrest that hasn't stopped us we have continued to work. the economic blockade has not stopped us either even though we are getting into a dire situation financially but the battle that we have decided to. all out war and i'm sure we have agreed to that as well in the new year. there have been a series of tit for tat moves between washington and moscow this week restrictions to stop americans adopting russian children were approved by russia's lower house of parliament the move intended to put the white house under public pressure to reconsider its sanctions on some russian lawmakers were very very critical band which is split russian public opinion is part of wider legislation meant to target those who abuse the rights of russians abroad sparked by washington's imposing travel and financial restrictions on russian officials suspected of involvement in the death of lawyer sergey magnitsky he died in custody during a massive tax fraud investigation three years ago russian president vladimir putin

though says the u.s. should look at its own record before criticizing others for human rights violations . our u.s. partners and their lawmakers say they're concerned about human rights in our prisons and that's fine of course but there are plenty of issues they have themselves abu ghraib and guantanamo where for years people have been detained without charge it's inconceivable to the prisoners walk around in chains like in the middle ages they've legalized torture inside their own country if something like that happened here it would cause an international outcry and but it all remains quiet in the u.s. we've heard plenty of promises to close guantanamo but it's still there it's still operating maybe there is still torture going on their secret cia prisons has anyone been brought to account and they're pointing at our problems well thank you we are

aware of that making this the ground for passing anti-abortion laws it's something absurd and we have a no way provoked such action and meanwhile putin is arrived in new delhi india on an official visit the russian leader will meet with india's prime minister and other officials to discuss cooperation between the two states talks expected to focus primarily on boosting economic trade military and energy ties several agreements expected to come out of the trip including a large contract for the sale of military technology this is putin's first visit to south asia since his return to the kremlin in may. last week year of witness yet another wave of protests and two of the country's worst affected by the comments a debt crisis a new austerity drive by the spanish government drove thousands into the streets of madrid in protests demonstrators labeled as a budget of hunger and misery and held a mock funeral march for the country's finances meanwhile wednesday

a twenty four hour general strike in the greek capital left public services and transportation paralyzed this is for the country's biggest banks declared they would need a twenty seven billion euro bailout to stay afloat crisis strategist gonzalo riera says despite all efforts european nations still haven't solved their basic problems . right now. you know national community ins the e.c.b. and you see have wars austerity which makes investors happy but of course makes the people angry while the investor community is relatively happy because you know there was more greater safeguards that their money is going to be turned down in the form of laws so i think that you going to continue to see this wear heels go up and the people are happier but the investor community is less happy and then you're going to have a swerves to the right where you have more austerity making people more angry and more riots and more protests and more stripes and yet investors feeling more secure

in in in the bonds that they buy and greets you have to keep in mind this crisis is far from over the europeans have yet to solve the basic problem that the european. countries are insolvent based simply do not have the money to pay back all the money that they have borrowed and because of that facts which is incontrovertibly we are going to come to a day of reckoning up some point the issue becomes when is that day going to happen and how far will european bureaucrats be able to keep the can down the road. about two years ago didn't december the arab spring emerged in tunisia few could have predicted where it would lead including those who headed the uprising artie's arena gluco reports now on those the revolution may have left behind. it began here in tunisia two years ago when a poverty stricken fruit vendor set himself on fire in an act of desperation so i'm saying he was a hero others say he was a drunkard with a history of psychological problems whatever more hala was this is real motivation

was his act of self-immolation sort of a string of events which became known as the arab spring decades old regimes were toppled what came to replace them is hardly what most of the people in these countries had in mind when they were doing the revolutions they wanted freedom of speech and free elections bred on their tables and jobs what they got seems to be a very different result situationist war strike on comparison to. comparison to the years before. the revolution personally i don't feel safe. when we see. all the violence of the police sore or of salafist. if unpoliced attacked by by some nationalist people. there are less freedoms right now when it comes to and they were freedoms there are

attacks on individual freedoms every day i received so many messages from girls saying but they were. straight even by police men. who didn't tolerate their or their way off dressing this used to be a common pattern in the countries that i shared the so-called arab spring just two years ago hopes of transition from authoritarian regime to a new democratic forms of government seem to have halted rising islamism economies in shambles and increasing discontent the pattern is the same in tunisia and egypt where people are pouring out on the streets again with a renewed. i think a lot of people did vote for the muslim brotherhood in egypt because they wanted economic changes not just getting rid of mubarak and having morsi and morsi no he's obviously you know very different political figure out your. knowledge has carried

on much the same policies in terms of economic policy in libya the uprising took a bloody turn moammar gadhafi who ruled the country for over forty years was deposed and killed in two thousand and eleven and he merely being a government has been struggling to control parts of the country going as far as besieging the entire town of bani walid for allegedly providing shelter to diehard khadafi supporters the are using heavy machinery to demolish the demolished houses can be using now. guys again it's just a feeling and people cheered then and now and then i've got really sick reaming we would that humanity of the wanted to please help us save our family. i got this trying to make libya now the quantum bit where no one can stop them and they have unlimited money and we've been in the western leaders were quick to praise changes across the middle east they said it was the beginning of

a new democratic era for the region but the model of democracy they may have had in mind doesn't seem to be the right fit i think it has to be a different type of a democratic system. the democracy that the u.s. would like to impose upon egypt tunisia and morocco and the other countries throughout the region and even libya where what was waged last year to topple the gadhafi government is not suitable to the people inside of that region in tunisia in and out of r.t. . as a poser out of afghanistan britain looking to deploy more troops to the gulf as part of a major weapons deal with united arab emirates this according to prime minister david cameron. who says he wants a defense partnership with a middle eastern monarchy ukase also signed a four million dollars contract with oman to supply it with aircraft adolescent patrick hannifin though believes london is really looking to put pressure on a country on the other side of the persian gulf the justification for this massive

buildup in the middle east specially in the gulf states area the west is basically blaming iran saying that because iran is pursuing nuclear ambitions so there's no proof of any nuclear weapons programs as such they're blaming iran for a possible nuclear arms race in the region that's a quote from david cameron only days ago so the in circle man of iran is certainly on the geopolitical scale number one priority and i think they've achieved that militarily but you know the question is. is this going to be a real military standoff are we looking at it from a cold war situation where we just posturing militarily geopolitically looking for some bigger conflict down the road perhaps in a few years. turning now to some other stories making global headlines first to india where anti rape rallies have seen thousands clash with police in the capital new delhi marchers are demanding that at all tea for six men who allegedly raped

a twenty three year old woman on a bus protesters defied a government ban on demonstrations after violence at a similar rally saturday police used tear gas and water cannons when crowds tried to breach barricades in the city center people remain on the streets despite the home minister promising to consider the death sentence for all six suspects. a red alerts been issued in chile for the couple who a volcano that's become increasingly active the regional emergency office registered seismic activity and a cloud of ash at least one point five kilometers high this more than a year after another volcanic eruption in chile forced thousands to flee their homes. with the clock ticking down to christmas festive shoppers are racing through decorated streets to pick up some last minute gifts for their loved ones but the season of goodwill isn't extending to some of those beneath the bright lights intense old whose only holiday wishes for a hot meal and

a place to sleep artie's marine important i asked me. imagine a country with no homeless people i know it's not the most festive or jolly like question to ask during the holiday season but see here in the u.s. nearly six hundred thirty four thousand people went homeless last year and as it turns out just a sliver of the money american spent on blinking lights tinsel bright stars and shiny presents could actually end the nation's homelessness epidemic. is she. is a waste. there is only one it is a waste. decoration you kidding me. imagine how much santa could do for a lawyer with low income housing with that kind of money that's what people need housing is all for show us and a lot a lot of very desperate people on the streets in new york texas wherever i mean

it's it really is a sad situation and i think we can all do better you know maybe sometimes people go a little overboard you know we want to we all be in the christmas spirit but i guess there's other things that you could be doing with your money six billion dollars spent just on lights and all and all that because people want to get into the spirit right and they want to forget about all the ugliness in the world and that's not right they need to remember the homelessness well we came here for the time and we're all wrapped up in it but when you point that out it's a shame you know top white house officials say that the government would need an annual budget of twenty billion dollars to effectively eliminate homelessness by twenty twenty of top four of the obama administration however even though that money sounds like a lot we should put it into perspective according to the national retail federation americans spent more than six billion dollars on christmas decorations last year and holiday sales reached a reported four hundred and seventy billion dollars so in this season of giving as

. americans are spending in that cloud of holiday spirit they could essentially be curing a huge social problem that continues to plague the nation reporting from new york bring up or not r.t. . and coming up doomsday or pay day we take a look at those making money off the apocalypse stay with us. do we speak your language any form of the will or not at the end of. the music programs in documentaries and spanish what matters to you breaking news a little turn to angle us couldn't stories. for you here. in troy altie spanish find out more visit i.

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